Your Task: Work as a group to analyze a political cartoon from the early 1920's
Choose one of the cartoons below
Create a page on this wiki for your group's answers to the questions below the cartoons
Using the Primary Source Analysis Tool, make initial observations and reflections about the cartoon.
Do any research you need to answer the questions
there are some sources below you may choose to use
note the sources you have used on your group's page
For extra credit, find another political cartoon from the early 1920's to add to your page
Complete your work by [DATE CHANGED ANNUALLY]
The Cartoons
Lord Robert Cecil: "I trust that after all we may secure at least your qualified support for our League of Nations?" Warren G. Harding, U.S. President-elect: "Why, what's the matter with ours?"
The Questions
Who is featured in the cartoon? What role did he play in politics of the early 1920's?
What issue or incident does the cartoon reference? Write at least a paragraph explanation.
What commentary is the cartoonist making about the situation?
Progressive Era Politics as seen through cartoons
Your Task: Work as a group to analyze a political cartoon from the early 1920's
The Cartoons
Warren G. Harding, U.S. President-elect: "Why, what's the matter with ours?"
The Questions